Two Vietnamese universities ranked among Asia’s top 150

Vietnam National University (VNU)-Hanoi maintained its ranking of 139th while VNU-HCM City climbed five ranks to 142. (Source: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) - Two Vietnamese universities have secured places on a list of
the top 150 universities in Asia, compiled by London-based education
consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

Vietnam National University
(VNU)-Hanoi maintained its ranking of 139th while VNU-HCM City climbed
five ranks to 142.

Hanoi University of Science and
Technology moved from 301th-350th to the group of 291th-300th. Can Tho
University had its ranking downgraded from group of 251th-300th to the
group of 301th-350th. Hue University also saw its ranking downgraded from group
of 301th-350th to 351th-400th.

The rankings were expanded this
year to include 400 universities, up from 350 institutions last year.

This year, Singapore’s Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) topped the list, followed by National University
of Singapore in second and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in
third.

According
to Prof. Nguyen Huu Duc, Deputy Rector of VNU-Hanoi, Vietnam’s top universities
have made progress in many areas, helping them near the ranked universities’
numeric average for categories like students per lecture and citations. For
example, the average number of students per lecture at VNU-Hanoi is 14.2, while
the average rate for the ranked universities is 12.5. The citation ratio
of VNU-Hanoi is 5.8 compared with 5.2 for Asian universities as a whole.

Regarding
reputation among employers, which was evaluated by scientists and domestic and
international employers, Vietnam’s national universities in Hanoi and HCM City
clocked in at the regional average.

To measure excellence among
Asian universities, QS uses several key indicators to compare institutions,
including academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio,
proportion of international students and research quality indicators.-VNA